Michael Fishbach, co-founder of The Great Whale Conservancy (GWC) spends two months in the Sea of Cortez every winter photographing blue finback and humpback whales to help track these magnificent animals across our oceans while observing their complex behaviors in the wild.
On Valentine's day in 2011, Michael, his family and a few friends were presented with a rare opportunity… a chance to save the life of a young humpback whale.
At first, the whale appeared to be dead, yet Fishbach investigated and quickly discovered that the poor creature was tangled in a fishing net.
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The humans had to act fast; what began as a tragedy soon became a thrilling rescue as Fishbach and his crew labored to free the young whale.
The entire encounter and their efforts were captured on film. Watch as the whale named Valentina by her rescuers goes from near death to freedom, then rewards her saviors with dozens of magnificent full-body breeches and tail flips.
Jenet Vlotaros
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Wonderful to see. Thank you for your efforts and for the video.
Ena Spinks Aspinall
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Beautiful ! Well done xx
Ibarra Ibarra
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Good job
Gina Cipriano
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Great job guys
Marcia Hennessy
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Nature at its best
Patricia Sanctuary
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Heros
Kayla Jean
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Candice Araki This is so awesome!
Linda Hamilton
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Amazing!! Well done everyone xx
Lucila K. Vaz
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Carolina A Castro, ja vistes este vídeo? É lindo!
Deb Wagner-Olson
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So cool! We just got back from Maui and saw so many Humpback whales. We had one swim directly under our boat. They are AMAZING creatures & so beautiful!
Michael-Anne Mundy
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What an amazing creature! Very grateful these people were able to free the whale.
Patrick McManus
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God Bless You
Tiffany Crowder
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How beautiful is that
Nancy Fuller
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Wonderful
Wendy Anne Pugh
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Wow just amazing!!!